Golf club handle

ABSTRACT

The present invention discloses a golf club handle, which improves the poor gripping effect of a prior art grip section of a traditional golf club and comprises a grip section and a long strap wrapped around the grip section. The grip section is a long resilient tube having a thin rubber layer on the internal side of the tube plus an external layer of rubber foam resilient matter, and then wrapped with a long strap. With such tube combined with two layers of materials, the grip allows a golf player to strike the golf ball with lighter weight, higher impact resistance and better stability.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a golf club handle capable of reducingits total weight, resisting impacts and providing stable grips.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Nowadays, the living standard is generally improved, and playing golfhas become an enjoyable leisure sport to the general public, and thegolf sport is supported by the golf training courses established allover the places and every effort put in by related government agenciesfor the promotion of the game. However, it needs necessary tools to dogood work. Obviously, it is some kind of know-how to select the best wayto hold a golf club to maximize one's golfing technique and gainapplauses from others.

Please refer to FIGS. 1A and 1B for a prior art of golf club which isgenerally divided into wood golf club and iron golf club, and thematerial for making golf clubs is very hard and the grip section at anend of the club is made of a plastic material and wrapped by a longstrap. Although the grip section provides an effective grip for golfplayers to strike a golf ball, yet the method requires a long strap fordirectly wrapping the surface of the grip section and irregular patternsdisposed on the surface of the long strap for improving the friction fora player to grip the golf club and avoiding any slippery of the handsdue to sweats.

According to the foregoing prior art grip structure of the traditionalgolf club and its method of use, it seems the prior art has taken thestability of the grip into serious consideration and the stability alsocomplies with the practical use. However, after its actual uses for manytimes, the following shortcomings are still found:

1. The grip section as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B comes with a long strapfor wrapping around the grip section. Although the grip section is madeof a plastic material, yet the thickness of the grip section isgenerally not enough to facilitate players to grip the grip section.Since the material of the club is harder, therefore a beginner may notbe able to strike the golf ball successfully and thus producing animpact and a slide or even hurting the player's hand during the practiceof playing the game. Such grip is definitely not the best one.

2. Since the structure of the grip section of the golf club comes withpatterns or lines on the plastic surface to increase the friction of thehand grip and achieve the slippery resisting purpose, the risk of havinga slip increases as the patterns or lines gradually fade out after along-time usage.

3. In view of the drawbacks created by the structure of a grip sectionbeing wrapped by a long strap, some manufacturers have tried to add afoam resilient matter on the inter side of the long strap to wrap thelong strap onto the grip section of the golf club as shown in FIGS. 2Aand 2B. Although such structure looks better than that of the gripsection of the golf club previously described, yet when the player holdsthe grip section of the golf club by hands for striking the golf ball,the grip section will fall off or be loosen easily due to impacts, eventhough the grip section of the golf club is made of plastic materialsand a foam resilient matter is added on the inter side of the long strapto increase the softness of the grip, and the long strap and the foamresilient matter are attached. Therefore, the grip section of the golfclub still requires improvements.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the shortcomings of the aforementioned prior art grip sectionof the traditional golf club, the inventor of the present inventionbased on years of experience on related field to conduct extensiveresearches and experiments and finally invented a golf club handleaccording to the present invention. With a thin plastic layer on theinternal side of a tube of the grip section of the golf club and anexternal layer made of a rubber foam resilient matter, theaforementioned double-layer tube not only makes the grip lighter for thegolfer (by reducing weight), but also provides better impact resistanceand more stable grips.

The present invention is characterized in that the invention provides alighter and more secured grip for golf players by making a grip sectioncomprised of a thin rubber layer and an external layer of rubber foamresilient matter and wrapping a long strap around the grip section tofacilitate the golfers to hold the grip section more securely. Sucharrangement also allows golfers to hold the golf club to strike a golfball with different levels of force in a golf game.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a prior art grip section of atraditional golf club being wrapped by a long strap.

FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view of Section 1B-1B as depicted in FIG.1A.

FIG. 2A is a perspective view of another prior art grip section of atraditional golf club being wrapped by a long strap.

FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view of Section 2B-2B as depicted in FIG.2A.

FIG. 3A is a perspective view of the golf club handle of the presentinvention.

FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view of Section 3B-3B as depicted in FIG.3A.

FIG. 4 is an illustrative view of the grip section being wrapped by thelong strap according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

To make it easier for our examiner to understand the objective of theinvention, its structure, innovative features, and performance, we use apreferred embodiment and the attached drawings for the detaileddescription of the invention.’

Please refer to FIG. 3A for the golf club handle of the presentinvention, which comprises a grip section 1 and a long strap 2.

In FIGS. 3A and 3B, the grip section 1 has an internal layer made of athin rubber layer 10 and an external layer made of a rubber foamresilient matter 11 to define a long tube. The grip section 1 is a longresilient tube having a through hole 12 disposed on the bottom surfaceof the long resilient tube for passing a golf club 3 through.

The long strap 2 is substantially in the shape of a long bar andspirally wrapped around the periphery of the grip section 1. In themeantime, the long strap 2 has a plurality of patterns 20 disposed andaligned on its surface and an adhesive glue 21 disposed on the back sidefor being wound around the periphery of the grip section 1.

The structure, characteristics and key points of the present inventionreside on that the grip section 1 is stiff and straight since it itsinternal layer is made of a rubber layer 10 and then integrally coupledwith a rubber foam resilient matter 11 on the outside (which is totallydifferent from the general foam resilient matter being stuck onto theinternal layer of the long strap) to form a double-layer grip sectionstructure.

In the grip section 1 as shown in FIGS. 3A, 3B and 4, an end of the longstrap 2 is embedded into a starting end of the grip section 1 and beginswrapping around the starting end of the grip section 1 for one and halfrounds, and then continues wrapping around the rest of the grip section1. Apply the adhesive glue 21 on the back side of the long strap 2 inorder to adhere the long strap 2 securely onto the surface of the gripsection 1, such that the wrapped grip section 1 can reduce its weight,provide secured grip and better impact resistance for facilitating agolf player to grip the golf club 3 and strike a golf ball.

1. A golf club handle, comprising a grip section and a long strapwrapped around said grip section, said grip section having a rubberlayer as its internal layer and further adding a rubber foam resilientmatter to form a double-layer grip section structure.
 2. The golf clubhandle of claim 1, wherein said grip section is made into a longresilient tube by said rubber foam resilient matter.
 3. The golf clubhandle of claim 1, wherein said rubber foam resilient matter isintegrally formed to define a double-layer resilient tube.